Arrival in Zurich

Loree picked us up at 2:45 and took us to the BART station. Kathy and John met us at the West Dublin station and we were on our way! We flew on Swiss International airline, a partner airline to United. Our seats tipped back just a bit more making sleep a little more comfortable. Food seemed a little better, too. Everything was very efficiently accomplished. Kathy and I slept quite a bit, John and Dave less so, but never the less we arrived in Zurich about 3:30 p.m. (I must say I like these flights that leave in the late afternoon or evening because then I am sleepy at my normal time. You arrive in the afternoon so only have to try to stay up a few hours before letting yourself sleep.)

We take a taxi to the hotel where we check in, again all done very efficiently, and are shown to the building where our apartment is, a short block or so. The apartments here are run by the hotel. It is modern and plain, nothing in particular to distinguish it, but there is plenty of space and this is a nice arrangement for all of us. We walk 15 minutes or so down the hill to the train station (huge) and get our train tickets to Strasbourg on Saturday. We continue to walk downtown along the river Limmat and start looking for a place to eat. We wander into a quiet little tree lined square and choose a small Italian restaurant, Pulcino, that has pleasant outdoor seating. Prices here are very expensive! We enjoy our first meal together on this trip. Weather is just perfect as far as I am concerned. Temperatures in mid50s to low 60s. Supposed to be nice the next couple of days. Hotel woman says it has been a hard summer. A lot of rain!

So many times this summer, I wondered if I would even be going on this trip so I am doubly grateful and happy to be here! Hallelujah and thank the Lord!